In a move that is expected to improve access to the civil justice system for low-income individuals, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced at a press conference Wednesday a new Court…
A North Carolina judge has been cleared by the state’s Judicial Standards Commission of accusations of misconduct made by a former Durham district attorney.
Updated: Judge Richard Posner’s controversial review of a book co-authored by Justice Antonin Scalia is getting more push back, this time from the justice himself.
Two judges on the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have joined (PDF) to uphold a murder conviction despite the defense lawyer’s quart-a-day drinking habit, but one…
A Philadelphia traffic court judge has been suspended after his indictment, along with other defendants, on charges of playing a role in the misuse of hundreds of thousands of dollars…
Justice Antonin Scalia was “enraged” when Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. switched his vote and created the majority needed to uphold the Obama administration’s health care law, according to…
Sentenced last month to 63 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a fraud involving the Ysleta Independent School District while he working for a health care provider, a…
A controversial Maryland judge has announced his retirement after he was criticized for his remarks to a woman seeking a protective order against her husband.
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